The 2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by sixth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated LSU in the first round before getting blown out by Baylor in the second round.